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Plan To Get Sharks Back In The Series
by Paul on 05/02/08 at 09:12 AM ET
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from Mark Purdy of the Mercury News,
They must accomplish the near-impossible on their own, by rallying from what still is a 3-1 deficit to win the series.
They might. Odds say they won’t. In fact, I wouldn’t bet half a glass of half-priced beer on them to do so. As several of us pessimists have noted, only two NHL playoff teams in 152 attempts have recovered from an 0-3 start to win a best-of-seven series.
Plus, over the past 20 years, of the 68 teams that fell behind 3-0, none has rallied to even reach a Game 7.
But know what? Phooey on the odds. Phooey on the record book. Otherwise, why would we even watch the rest of the games? Let’s try to build a case for the Sharks and concoct a scenario in which they could pull it off.
Here are four ways it could happen:
1. The Sharks go out for three straight games and play every period the way they played the third period Wednesday. In so doing, our beloved Los Tiburones rediscover the groove from their 11-game winning streak in late February and early March.
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